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adjective
- 1. resembling or characteristic of a rat: "his ratty eyes glittered"
- 2. bad-tempered and irritable: informal British "I was a bit ratty with the children"
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adjective. informal uk / ˈræt.i / us / ˈræt̬.i / ratty adjective (ANNOYED) Add to word list. feeling annoyed: She was a bit ratty with me this morning. Synonym. irritable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom.
Ratty is an adjective that can mean infested with rats, shabby, or despicable. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles from Merriam-Webster.
Ratty is an informal adjective that means feeling annoyed or looking old and in bad condition. Learn how to use it in sentences and find synonyms for ratty.
Slang. irritable or angry; bad-tempered; nasty: I always feel ratty when I wake up. ratty. / ˈrætɪ / adjective. informal. irritable; annoyed. informal. (of the hair) unkempt or greasy. slang. shabby; dilapidated. slang. angry. mad. of, like, or full of rats. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈrattiness, noun. ˈrattily, adverb. Discover More.
/ˈrædi/ IPA guide. Other forms: rattier; rattiest; rattily. Things that remind you of a rat are ratty, and so are things that are generally worn and shabby. Your sister's pet ferret might make you jump when it peers out from behind the ratty old sofa with its ratty little eyes.
Ratty means irritable, annoyed, or shabby, especially in British and American slang. It can also mean of or like a rat, or full of rats. See examples, synonyms, and word origin.
Ratty is an adjective that can mean of or characteristic of rats, infested with rats, shabby, or irritable. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of ratty in different contexts and languages.
